Double folding bed



April 7, 1931. E. Q ODELL DOUBLE FOLDING BED Filed March .15, 1929 2Sheets-Sheet l l attow a o April 7, 1931. E. o. ODELL DOUBLE FOLDING BEDFiled March 15, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Apr. 7, 1931' I l iEDWARD OSCAR ODELL, or nunisooig rnxes 7 DOUBLE. FOLDING, nun

Application filed March 15, 1329.. Seria1 No. .347,357.

This invention aims to provide an article of furniture which may be usedas a sideboard, a bed or a table, the'construction of the device beingsuch that it can be folded r up readily into small compass when not inuse.

In the drawings :-Figure' 1 shows the device extended to form a bed;,Figure 2 is a transverse section showing the parts as they will appearwhen the'article is used as a bed;

Figure 3 is a vertical section showing the device as it will appear whenused as a table,

on the inner ends of the seats 9, the legs 17 Figure 4 is a sectiontaken about on the line 4-4 of Figure 8; Figure 5 is a plan showing,

the parts as they will appear when the device is used as a table; andFigure 6 is a sectional detail. The device includes a body comprising avertical back 1, sides 2 joined to the back 1 I and provided withhorizontal guides 3, and a top 4 mounted on the sides 2, a mirror 5being carried by the top 4 at the rearedge thereof. Frames 6 are hingedat 7 forhori- Zontal swinging movement, to the forward edges of thesides 2 and include horizontal cross pieces 8 on which rest seats 9connected to the frames 6 by longitudinally extensible interlockingpivotally mounted braces 10.

The bed includes an inner section 11 hinged at 12 to an intermediatesection 1 1, the intermediate section being hinged at 15 to an outer orfoot section 16 provided at its outer end with foldable legs 17. Atable18 is hinged at 19 to'the foot section16. A brace 20 is hinged atto the table 18. The outer or foot section 16 of the bed has a seat 21for the reception of the lower edge of the brace 20, under circumstanceswhich will be pointed against the outer section 16, the brace is foldeddownwardly, the seats 9 are folded into parallelism with the frames 6,and the 9 frames 6 are swung'backwardly into paral- When the article isused as a sideboard, and v lelrelationto-the sides 2'. The article,therefore, occupies'but smallgsp ace when not in use." When the :deviceis used as a bed, the

frames -6 are swung forwardlyfthe seats 9 655 are disposed as inFigure'2, the'foot section I 116' of thebed is swung downwardly, the-bedis dra-wn forwardly, the innersection 11-is disposed in alinementwiththesections :16, the innersection 11 is supported on them guides 3,:a nd'on the inneredges of the seats 9, the intermediate section 14 issupported are swung downwardly tosupport' the outer or foot sections 16,as in Figure 1, the table 18 is swung upwardly against the un'dersurfaceof the foot section16, and the brace 20 depends, toaid in holding up thefoot section 16.

When the device isused as a table, the bed I is folded up as shown inFigure 3, thetable 6 are swung forwardly, and the seats 9 are reversed,so that they extend inwardly, 7

rather'than outwardly as shown in Figure 2, the seats then being locatedat the ends of the table, as shown in Figure 5, so thatpersons mayoccupy the seats 9 whilst the table 18 is in use.

What is claimed is V g 1. An article of furniture of the classdescribed, comprising a' body, a foldable bed carried by the body, atable hinged to the bed, means for supporting-the table, frames hingedto the body, and reversible seats carried by the frames, the seats beingextended inwardly and being located at the ends of v the table when thebed is folded-and when the table is in use, and beingoutwardly extended,and supporting the bed,jwhen the bed is unfolded and when the tableisnot in use; v

2. An article, of furniture of the class described, comprising a body, afoldable bed carried by the body, a table: hinged to the bed, a prop forthe table, when the table is in use and whenthe bed is folded, the'propconstituting a support for the bed when the bed is unfolded and in use,side frames hin ed to the body, and reversible seats carried by theframes, the seats extending inwardly, and being located at the ends ofthe table, when the table is in use, and when the bed is folded, theseats supporting the bed when the bed is unfolded and When the table isnot in use.

3. An article of furniture of the class described, comprising a body, afoldable bed married by the body, a table hinged to the bed, a prophinged to the table, and means for engaging the prop to enable the propto hold the table in a substantially horizontal position when the bed isfolded, the table being foldable to lie against the under side of thebed when the bed is unfolded, the hinged mounting of the prop enablingit to assume a substantially vertical position and serve as afloor-engaging support for both the table and the bed When the bed isunfolded and when the table lies against the under side ofthebed asaforesaid.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixedmy signa- EDWARD OSCAR ODELL.

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